Radiator-cover.



C. E. PRICE.

RADIATOR COVER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 28. 1 917.

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Patented Dsc. 17, 1918.

CLAUDE E. PRICE, OF HIGHLAND PARK, MICHIGAN.

RADIATOR-COVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 17, 1918.

Application filed September 28, 1917. Serial No. 193,688.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE E. PRICE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Highland Park, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Radiator-Covers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing This invention relates to a radiator cover especially designed for the radiators of automobiles, airplanes, other vehicles or crafts.

The primary object of my invention is to provide a radiator cover that will retain heat therein, exclude cold air, and at the same time permit of the circulation of air in or through the radiator and the hood of an engine being regulated, thus preventing an engine from being overheated or chilled,

thereby increasmgthe efiiciency of the engine, particularly when starting and especially in winter time when the cover is installed.

Another object of my invention is to devise a radiator cover with a window or opening having a plurality of shutters or flaps capable of angular adjustment, in synchronism, from the dash or control board of an automobile or air plane, thus allowing a chaufi'eur 01' aviator to regulate the supply of air to the radiator and completely shut off the supply of air when the engine is shut down, thereby retaining heat within the radiator and hood which will prevent water within the radiator and cooling jackets of the engine from freezing or chilling the cylinders of the engine to that extent that starting is retarded.

, A further object of my invention is to provide a radiator cover wherein the parts are constructed with a view of reducing the cost of manufacture and at the same time retain those features by which durability and ease of assembling are secured. With such ends in view, my invention resides in the novel construction to be hereinafter described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing wherein,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the radiator cover, partly broken away and partly in section;

Fig. 2 is .a vertical sectional view of the tion;

" Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the cover same, showing the shutters in an open posipartly broken away and partly in section, showing the adjusting mechanism for the shutters, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of a portion of the adjust-ing mechanism for the cover shutters, showing particularly the hardware or metallic fixtures of the cover.

A cover in accordance with my invention comprises a front wall 1 having a window or opening 2and a depending apron 3. J oining the front wall 1 are side walls 4 and atop wall 5, thelatter having an opening 6 providing clearance for the filling connection ofa radiatorfor which the cover is designed; the top wall 5 having a contour corresponding to the radiator in connection with which it is to be used. All these walls are made of leather or a suitable waterproof material and the inner sides of said walls have a lining 7 of mineral wool, felt or a suitable material which may be stitched or quilted relative to the walls of the cover.

At the juncture of the front and side walls and at the sides of the window or opening 2 there are metallic angle bars 8 and connected to the front flanges of these bars by rivets 9 or other fastening means are bearing plates 10 having the upper ends thereof connected by a transverse rod 11 and the lower ends thereof by a rod 12, the former bracing the front wall 1 at the upper edge of the opening 2 and the latter assisting in supporting the apron 3. The bearing plates 10 have pressed out semi-cylindrical barrels 13 that cooperate with the front flanges of the angle bars, 8 in supporting a plurality of parallel rock shafts 14. These rock shafts, between the bearing plates 10 are provided with crank or yoke portions 15 and suitably connected thereto are shutters or flaps 16 having linings 17 of the same material as the lining 7 for the walls of the cover. The linings 17 are of sufficient size to completely close the window or opening 2 when the shutters 16 are closed, and by reference to Fig. 1, it will be noted that the shutters are of a greater depth than the linings thereof whereby the lower edges of the shutters were overlapped and thus close or seal the joints between the lining 1?, when vertically alining. The uppermost shutter 16 has its upper edge under the marginal upper edge of the window or opening 2 and the lowermost shutter is adapted to overlap the upper edge of the apron 3. With said shutters of a greater length than the window or opening 2, said window or opening will be positively closed, when said shutters are closed and for all practical purposes prevent the passage of air through the window or opening just as though the front wall 1 was devoid of the same. v

The rock shafts 1 1, at one of the angle bars 8, terminate in cranks 18 connected by a coupling bar or link 19 which may be shifted to rock the shafts 14 in synchronism to adjust the shutters 16. To accomplish this, the crank 18 of the lowermost rock shaft terminates in an annular hook 20 and connected thereto is a rod 21 that may extend rearwardly inside of one of the walls 4 and through the hood of an engine to the dash or control board, said rod constituting means for actuating the coupling bar 19 without the operator leaving the seat of the automobile or air plane.

- From the foregoing it will be observed that the metallic fittings and the shutters 16 may be made independent of the radiator cover, and to install the same at the inner side of the window or opening '2, the side marginal edges of the window or opening may be loosely connected to the ends of the rock shafts by staples 22, links or other fastening means, or flanges of the angle bars 8 may be riveted or otherwise connected to the front or side walls of the cover. The cover is adapted to be held on the radiator by the usual turn buttons or a conventional form of fastening means (not shown).

It is thought that the manner of adjusting the shutters as well as their utility, will be apparent without further description, and while in the drawing there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of my invention it is to be understood that the structural elements are susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

What if claim is 1. The combination with a radiator cover having the front wall thereof provided with an opening, of shutters adapted to overlap and close the opening of said cover, linings on the inner sides of said shutters adapted to aline and have the edges thereof closed by the overlapping portions of said shutters, and means adapted for adjusting said shutters.

2. The combination with a radiator cover having insulated walls and the front wall of said cover provided with an opening, angle bars in said cover at the side marginal edges of the opening thereof, bearing plates connected to said angle bars, rock shafts supported by said bearing plates against said angle bars, each rock shaft having an intermediate crank portion and an end crank, insulated shutters connected to the intermediate crank portions of said rock shafts and adapted to regulate the passage of arr through the opening of said cover, a coupling bar connecting the end cranks of said shafts and means adapted to facilitate adjusting said coupling bar at a point remote from said cover so that said shutters may be adjusted.

In testimony in the presence of whereof I aflix my signature two witnesses.

CLAUDE E. PRICE.

Witnesses:

L. E. Fnnnnnns, ANNA li/f. Donn. 

